Den Salige Frues Dødeligheds Og Udødeligheds Erindring by Thomas Kingo: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Den Salige Frues Dødeligheds Og Udødeligheds Erindring that begins with:

Jeg var nep Tre gange Otte Aar
I Verden var, før Jeg blev saar...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbaXbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 11011111 1111 11010111 111111 110101 11111111 1101111 1111110 1101111 11110100 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, d are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).

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  • summary of Den Salige Frues Dødeligheds Og Udødeligheds Erindring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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